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G. Ledyard Stebbins

1906 - 2000

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George Ledyard Stebbins Jr. (January 6, 1906 – January 19, 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century. Stebbins received his Ph.D. in botany from Harvard University in 1931. He went on to the University of California, Berkeley, where his work with E. B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of G. Ledyard Stebbins has received more than 137,057 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. G. Ledyard Stebbins is the 911th most popular biologist, the 8,771st most popular biography from United States and the 131st most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 911 out of 1,097. Before him are Thomas Nuttall, Ruth Patrick, Colin Munro MacLeod, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Ann Bishop, and Ludwig Carl Christian Koch. After him are Nikolai Turczaninow, Jan-Just Bos, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Mark Catesby, Jon E. Ahlquist, and Edward Newton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 351. Before him are Andrei Abrikosov, Alberto Soria, Vera Maretskaya, Satchel Paige, Hans Mock, and Steve Anderson. After him are Alberto Denegri, Willy Ley, Bruce Bennett, Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Helen Wainwright, and Ilie Subășeanu. Among people deceased in 2000, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 285. Before him are Ernesto Albarracín, Gwendolyn Brooks, Simeon Simeonov, Yuriy Lituyev, Spyridon Belokas, and Efstathios Chorafas. After him are Józef Pińkowski, Jules Roy, Peter Dubovský, Policarpo Paz García, Matija Ljubek, and Arcadio López.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 8,771 out of 20,380. Before him are Jenna Haze (1982), Dan Harrington (1945), Al Unser (1939), Jackie DeShannon (1941), Ron Livingston (1967), and H. R. Haldeman (1926). After him are Wayne Allwine (1947), Jackie McLean (1931), Cedar Walton (1934), Topher Grace (1978), James McCaffrey (1958), and Ralph Abernathy (1926).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 131. Before him are Robert Weinberg (1942), Richard Evans Schultes (1915), Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Thomas Say (1787), Sereno Watson (1826), and Ruth Patrick (1907). After him are Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Osamu Hayaishi (1920), John Hopfield (1933), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Lucy Shapiro (1940), and William Beebe (1877).

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